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The work of wet-nursing

Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics

Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.

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Drugs in Victorian Britain

Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?

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  • Physical exploration of the lungs by means of auscultation and percussion : a course of three lectures delivered by invitation before the Philadelphia County Medical Society / by Austin Flint.
  • A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.
  • Vases of flowers and a botanic garden with Saint Peter. Oil painting by O'Brien.
  • The Medical Society of London: John Coakley Lettsom presenting to the society the deeds of 3 Bolt Court, City of London. Stipple engraving by N.C. Branwhite, 1801, after S. Medley, 1800.
  • Protesting licentiates marching to the Royal College of Physicians in 1767. Coloured etching by J. June, 1768.
  • Protesting licentiates marching to the Royal College of Physicians in 1767. Coloured etching by J. June, 1768.
  • Protesting licentiates marching to the Royal College of Physicians in 1767. Coloured etching by J. June, 1768.
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